Jack's crawler!

[Jackalope]

Ok so here's my new project, a nice crawler! I went thru 2 bodies before setteling on this Blazer and it's gonna be done in 2 tone but I haven't decided what to paint with the white so suggestions are welcome! To date its mods include 4x4 kit, off road kit, full bearing set, articulation mod to the rear end, custom skid plate, super swamper tires with wheels modded to fit, a high torque (50 in lbs of tq) and a new body! LOL!

Anyway on to the pics.....

[mustanglover]

nice, i think that skid plate looks awesome! but i want them tires! i have been searching....

i was going to lay my servo like that but it kept on messing up.
going to look awesome with that 2 tone blazer and them rims.

[c1v1c]

Nice mount. Looks good cant wait for paint.

[Stampedekid]

Awesome! I see you did the articulation mod the same way I did, leave the tabs on the main thing, cut them off the grey thing. Please get a video.

[dekker]

what kind of servo is that

[adamcrawls]

Originally Posted by dekker

what kind of servo is that

It might be a propulse but im not sure if you want a good servo go with the hs-55

Is that beast going to have a interior?

[fieldfairy2]

Sounds awsome. A blue and white two tone paint job might look cool. What hitec servo is that? I think it is a hitec servo. (if i can read correctly) I was thinking of doing a more powerful servo mod.

[xmodificationer]

its not a propulse one, they dont have the stickers. Atleast mine doesnt

[adamcrawls]

Originally Posted by xmodificationer

its not a propulse one, they dont have the stickers. Atleast mine doesnt

i was just taking a guess

[xmodificationer]

I dont think its a Hitec either, might be a Futaba

[fieldfairy2]

in the second pic you can see the sticker and it looks like it says "hitec" then under it it says "hs 31,51,or 91"

[Jackalope]

Its a hi tech. I wanted the 55 but they were out of it so I went with the HS81. Sorry I don't have the specsheet anymorebut I do remember it had a rate of .09 sec to travel 60 degrees and it has 49 inch lbs of tq. It was the fastest, highest tq servo they had in the range I wanted to pay. Sorry I'm NOT into paying $50 for a servo! Anyway it ran me $12.00 +tax, not a bad price for that kind of speed and tq.

[Jackalope]

UPDATE TIME!

The body is almost done, just needs detailing. The truck itself is FAAAR from done.

Lemme know what you think.

[Lowrideit]

Thats pretty sick, Why dont you make a veido of it in action, I think it needs too be alittle bit higher, IMO, Also I think you should give it more power with a 6th cell, again IMO, but that thing is really sick!

[xmodkidd33]

Paint colors are sweet, paint the orange chassis pieces the body color or black.

I LOVE the skid plate. Better than my aluminum one. Does it cover up the whole front end, or just the front?

[Ducroix]

Very cool

[Jackalope]

Originally Posted by xmodkidd33

Paint colors are sweet, paint the orange chassis pieces the body color or black.

I LOVE the skid plate. Better than my aluminum one. Does it cover up the whole front end, or just the front?

The chassie is gonna be black, the shocks will probly stay orange. The skid plate attaches to the factory one I'll post better pics of it when its done.

I just found some KILLER tires! Now I need to lift the body a little higher!

[xmodkidd33]

What tires?

[Jackalope]

Originally Posted by xmodkidd33

What tires?

(insert drumroll HERE!) THESE TIRES!!!! They are super soft rubber, the tread mashes down if you push on it and you get 2 sets of them for $12.00!!! They are currently for sale at all major toy stores and are made by the ERTL company and come on a 2 pack of little John Deere tractors! I found mine in Target last week, they had 3 more sets of the tractors left after I got mine. The other set is your standard monster truck style tread but THIS thread pattern caught my eye! Anyway on to the pics!











In this shot you can see how I have them mounted, with a set of stock Hummer wheels glued to the backs of them. I simply drilled a 3/8 inch hole thru the center on the monster tires wheel to access the nut. And TA DA! Didn't even need to do a wide axle mod! Now I did need to sand the chassie down just a little so they wouldn't rub while turning.



This shot says soooo much as to the size of these tires!

[Pardalis]

I bought the same tires the other day. Great minds think alike!